July 20 - Bristol Bay Harvest Charts

The 2021 Bristol Bay sockeye harvest stands at 38.7 million fish through July 20. A total of 350,000 sockeye were harvested yesterday in Bristol Bay. This year’s harvest is fading earlier than recent years, and although the harvest has exceeded the pre-season forecast it’s possible that the total number of sockeye caught in 2021 will fall below the previous 5-year average of 40.2 million fish.

The charts below illustrate the cumulative harvests through the previous day, compared to the prior five-year average for Bristol Bay as a whole and by fishing district (note: Togiak is excluded because data is often confidential, leading to incomplete time series). Visit bbrsda.com for regular updates through late July.

To see ADF&G’s daily harvest and escapement report, click here.

Also, check out the Daily Updates from University of Washington’s Alaska Salmon Program. These are available in PDF form and you can find them here. The UW’s Daily Updates provide even more data about catch, escapement, run timing, and progression of the Port Moller Index.